On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 18:44:15 -0500 shawn wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Celejar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 01:55:32 -0500 > > shawn wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > lastly, what does this have to do with linux? debian in particular? to > > keep > > > this topical, if you're going to do any hosting on this box, i'll advise > > you > > > to mind what ports you have publicly accessible, run snort and monitor it > > > (you'll notice some cool stuff - like universities scanning you - it's > > the > > > non edu that you should worry about here), install tripwire, and setup > > > > Why shouldn't he worry about scanning from .edu domains as much as from > > anywhere else? > > > > > it was a general comment. however, most of the scans i've seen are > universities that are conserned with general internet statistics and not > exploiting any service you might be running. i still take a minute, see what > arin has to say about their ip, go to their web site and see what they're up > to. Sounds reasonable. I just meant to warn that there are probably many hackers, script kiddies and zombies / bots operating out of .edu domains. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
